You’ve swung to the top, correctly loading onto your trail side with your weight firmly planted over your back leg. Now what?

The key, as you probably know, is to leverage the ground and move your weight from your back foot to your front foot as you begin your downswing. This is a non-negotiable.

The trick, however, is not letting your head follow while you make this all-important weight shift. Keep it back. 

In fact, it’s a good idea to feel your head actually move away from the target while you shift from back to front. It’s this lower-body shift toward the target with your head hanging back that creates the whiplike motion all big hitters share, as well as maximum speed.

When you move your head with your shift, your path goes haywire, either forcing an out-to-in path or one that’s overly in-to-out. So, when you swing, especially with driver, think of two forces: the forward one with your lower body and the hang-back one with your head.

The ball won’t know what hit it. 

Mike Perpich is a GOLF Top 100 Teacher who teaches at RiverPines Golf in Johns Creek, Ga.

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